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September 20, 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state. Pro-democracy advocates have at times successfully stopped presidents from extending their mandates, but the authorita…

A worker throws away campaign posters of President Yoweri Museveni after Uganda’s 2021 election.
Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista and Mariel Ferragamo

April 18, 2022

West Africa
Under Threat: Democracy in Africa

Our panelists discuss the most recent rise in violent conflict and coups in Africa, the threats these coups pose to fragile democratic institutions, governance, and civil society, and options to prev…

Play National observers look on while electoral official organize votes during the closing of the polls in a polling station in the city of Bahir Dar, on June 21, 2021. - Ethiopia voted on June 21, 2021, in an election billed as the most democratic yet in Africa's second-most populous country, but taking place as famine blights its war-torn Tigray region.
Virtual Event by Kamissa Camara, Christopher Fomunyoh, Jendayi E. Frazer, and Shannon L. Smith

December 29, 2021

2021 in Review
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2021

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

Desmond Tutu smiles and waves while wearing a red clerical tunic and collar.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 20, 2021

Sub-Saharan Africa
Darryl G. Behrman Lecture on Africa Policy: The Impact of COVID-19 on Democracy in Africa

Panelists discuss the impact of COVID-19 on democracy in Africa, including suspended elections and lockdown measures sometimes used to target opposition groups and the media, as well as steps some co…

Play Doctor in Ghana looks into the distance
Virtual Event by Michelle Gavin, Idayat Hassan, John Mukum Mbaku, and Jeffrey Herbst Darryl G. Behrman Lecture on Africa Policy

September 30, 2021

Religion
The Changing Landscape of Terrorism in the United States

Farah Pandith, adjunct senior fellow at CFR, and Cynthia Miller-Idriss, professor at American University’s School of Public Affairs and School of Education and director of the Polarization and Extrem…

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Webinar by Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Farah Pandith, and Irina A. Faskianos Religion and Foreign Policy Webinars